Now is the time for making predictions and bets for the year ahead. Here’s one: 2025 will be a breakthrough year for innovations driven by and for women. Now is also the time for making New Year’s resolutions. So, let’s make 2025 the year we all invest in women.
You’ve probably heard of the so-called “funding gap”—the fact that companies solely founded by women receive just 2% of venture capital dollars. That number has barely budged in 15 years. And it’s not for lack of trying: Between 2019 and 2023, women in the U.S. started roughly twice as many new businesses as men.
